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@@##§*^~,. train dream .,~^*§##@@
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##@@#*^~,. you find yourself in a rift - a .,~^*#@@##
#@@#§*^~,. clearing, narrow but immeasurably long. .,~^*§#@@#
@#§^^^^~,. to your sides are walls made of trees, .,~^^^^§#@
##@@§*^~,. thick and ready to swallow you. the sun .,~^*§@@##
##@@#*^~,. is nowhere to be seen, but nontheless .,~^*#@@##
#@@#§*^~,. it is very bright - the air feels light .,~^*§#@@#
#@@#§*^~,. blue, almost white. .,~^*§#@@#
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#***~,.... along the span of the clearing lay two ....,~***#
##**~,.... parallel silvery lines, dark hard ....,~**##
##§§**^~,. metal. somehow you can see how heavy .,~^**§§##
@#*~...... they are. ......~*#@
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@#§*~,,... they emit a high pitched whine... ...,,~*§#@
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#§*~~..... youre at the train station, on a .....~~*§#
@§^^~,.... catwalk above the rails. your train is ....,~^^§@
#@@#§*^~,. late, or you are late to the train. .,~^*§#@@#
#****~,,,. it's a summer afternoon and the station .,,,~****#
#@@#§*^~,. is busy, full of relaxed confidence. .,~^*§#@@#
#@@#§*^~,. .,~^*§#@@#
@@@#§*^~,. you're in high spirits, although a bit .,~^*§#@@@
#**~,,,... stressed about the time, while moving ...,,,~**#
@@@#§*^~,. up the stairs to your platform. the .,~^*§#@@@
#@@#§*^~,. station is in several levels, all .,~^*§#@@#
#@@#§*^~,. placed within eachother by some .,~^*§#@@#
@@#**^^~,. intelligent designer, and full of .,~^^**#@@
##§*^,.... stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ....,^*§##
##@#§*^~,. bazaars... you sight your train through .,~^*§#@##
@@@#§*^~,. some glass windows. it's... not where .,~^*§#@@@
@§*^~,.... it's supposed to be? ....,~^*§@
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#@@#§*^~,. (situation) .,~^*§#@@#
##@#§*^~,. .,~^*§#@##
##@#§*^~,. you're finally entering the city. while .,~^*§#@##
#*~....... it is indeed a very high speed train .......~*#
#@@#§*^~,. you're traveling in, the journey has .,~^*§#@@#
@##§*~,... been long. but it's about to end! ...,~*§##@
@@##§*^~,. .,~^*§##@@
@@@#§*^~,. society is growing denser around you, .,~^*§#@@@
@#*^~~,... through the windows you see first small ...,~~^*#@
#@@#§*^~,. shacks, built of metal and stone, then .,~^*§#@@#
##@@#§^~,. proper houses with mortar to keep them .,~^§#@@##
#@@#§*^~,. together... who in turn make way for .,~^*§#@@#
#@@#§*^~,. the industrial buildings, the urban .,~^*§#@@#
##@@#§*^~. maze, protective walls, jungle .~^*§#@@##
@##*~~.... network... ....~~*##@
##@#§*^~,. .,~^*§#@##
@#*^^~.... the tracks leave the ground, which is ....~^^*#@
@#§§^^~,,. needed for other purposes. you are .,,~^^§§#@
##@@§*^~,. carried gently, curving upwards until .,~^*§@@##
@§^,,,,... you're moving upward along the wall of ...,,,,^§@
#@@#§*^~,. a building. it's made of slabby stone, .,~^*§#@@#
#@@#§*^~,. with great glassless window holes .,~^*§#@@#
##@@#§*^~. looking out the way you came. it is .~^*§#@@##
##@@§*^~,. pitch black inside. .,~^*§@@##
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